The Interstate Counseling Compact: The Privilege to Practice in Other States

Please be advised that this event is for educational and informational purposes only. It does not qualify for Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

Description: Soon mental health professionals will have another means to obtain the ability to practice across state lines.  This session will provide information on how the Counseling Compact works and how they can obtain the privilege to practice in other states.  The presenter will also provide information to consider before a mental health professional chooses to practice across state lines and under the jurisdiction of another state.

Please be advised that this event is for educational and informational purposes only. It does not qualify for Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

This event is Sponsored By: The Sylvia Brafman Mental Health Center

1. Participants will be able to describe the general principles of a compact
2. Participants will be able to describe how the Counseling Compact will issue privileges
3. Participants will be able to explain how the Commission operates and which states are members
4. Participants will be able to list some of the ethical and legal issues associated with the Compact

Greg Searls is a licensed funeral service practitioner in the State of Wyoming. He began his work in the regulatory world when he was appointed by the Governor of Wyoming to serve on the Board of Funeral Service Practitioners in 2010. In 2016, he resigned from the Board when he was hired as an Executive Director in the State of Wyoming Professional Licensing Board office.  

Greg served as the Executive Director for the Mental Health Professions Licensing Board, Board of Registration in Podiatry, Board of Midwifery, Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, Board of Hearing Aid Specialists, Board of Athletic Trainers, and Board of Occupational Therapist. 

During his time as executive director, Wyoming passed the statutes to join the ASLP-IC, Occupational Therapy Compact, and Counseling Compact. He served as the ex-officio representative to the Counseling Compact Commission for AASCB until Wyoming joined the compact and he was named commissioner for his home state.

He has a bachelor’s degree in Mortuary Science and a certificate of Gerontology from Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, and an Associate’s Degree in Specialized Funeral Service Technology from the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.

Greg is co-author of the article Counseling and the Interstate Compact: Navigating Ethical Practice Across State Lines published in The Professional Counselor in the fall of 2023.

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